Ecology Web Quest

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1. Populations
Answer questions 1a-c:

http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_population.html

2. Communities
Answer questions 2d-e:

http://library.thinkquest.org/28343/commun.html

3. Ecosystems
Answer questions 3f-h:

http://forest.mtu.edu/kidscorner/ecosystems/definition.html

4. Biodiversity
Answer questions 4i-j:

http://www.dublin.ie/environment/biodiversity/home.htm

Answer questions 4k-l:

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210243/Science%20Station/How%20living%20things%20interact%20with%20their%20environment/relationship%20of%20biotic%20and%20abiotic%20factors.htm


5. Food Chains
Diagram a food chain:

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/foodchain/foodchain.htm


Answer questions 5n-p:

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/animaldiet/herbivore.htm

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/animaldiet/carnivore.htm

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/animaldiet/omnivore.htm


Play a game:

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/animaldietgame.htm


6. Food Webs
Choose a food web and put it together, then answer questions 6q-s:

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html



7. The 10% Rule

http://mff.dsisd.net/Environment/EcologyForests.htm



8. Energy in an Ecosystem

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/314/deploy/interface.html



9. Carbon Cycle
Diagram the carbon cycle, then answer questions 8v-bb:

http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Water/co2_cycle.html



10. Nitrogen Cycle
Diagram the nitrogen cycle, then answer questions 9cc-gg:

http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Life/nitrogen_cycle.html



11. Water Cycle
Diagram the water cycle:

http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Water/water_cycle.html



12. Biomes Around the World
Answer questions 11hh-ll

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/index.php


13. Human Impacts

http://worldwildlife.org/threats/soil-erosion-and-degradation

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/deforestation-overview/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/climate/evidence/greenhouse_effect_img.shtml

http://www.endangeredspecie.com/